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Image Title: A Scene From Don Giovanni As Perform'd At The Kings Theatre, 1820

Date: 1820 July 23.

Summary: Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present; on the left, Lord Castlereagh, playing the role of Leporello, holds a long list of the King's female conquests.

Notes: Caption continues: Don Giovanni by His M-y, Donna Anna by a celebrated actress, her first appearance on this stage these 7 years, Leporello by Derry Down Triangle, the other caricters [sic] by the Corps de Ballet.

Related Names: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni.

Subjects: Adultery--England--London--1820
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart,--Viscount,--1769-1822
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830
Operas & operettas--England--London--1820

Original Media: Etching

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